2nd Semester

Unit 8 DNA/Genetics/Protein Synthesis
Core Performance Indicators:
2.1a-l,e,4.1c
Unit 8 Subtopics:
-DNA/RNA Structure and Function
-DNA Synthesis and Protein
Synthesis
(Transcription/Translation,etc)
-DNA and RNA Replication
-Recombinant DNA
-Restriction Enzymes



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REVIEW GUIDE FOR DNA/RNA TEST
-DNA and Chromosomal Abnormalities
-Mutations
-Punnett Squares
-Pedigrees, LInkage, Homozygous vs.
Heterozygous
-Laws of Dominance
-Recessive vs. Dominance
-Probabilities
-Chromosome Structure and Function

**REVIEW GUIDE FOR GENETICS TEST
Technological Advances and
Techniques

Unit 9 Mitosis/Meiosis/Reproduction and Development
Core Performance Indicators:
2.1d,3.1b-d, 4.1a-h,5.2i
Unit 9 Subtopics
Types of Asexual Reproduction
Human Development
Stages of Pregnancy
Menstrual Cycle
Stages of Meiosis and Mitosis
Oogenesis vs. Spermatogenesis
 

Unit 10 Human Physiology
Core Performance Indicators:
(see below)
Unit 10 Subtopics:
Nutrition (1.2i, 5.1f)
Disease and Immunity (5.2a-j, 5.1g)
Excretion (1.2b)
Nervous and Hormonal Regulation
(1.2c, 1.2l, 4.1e, 5.3a-b, 5.1g)
Body Systems Structure
and Function
 

Unit 11 Ecology
Core Performance Indicators:
1.1a-d, 6.1a-g, 6.2a-c, 6.3a-d
Unit 11 Subtopics:
Population Diversity
Organism Relationships
Biotic vs. Abiotic factors
Energy Flow
Material Cycles (Water, Carbon,
Phosphorus)
Biodiversity
Ecological Succession
Homework, Due Dates,
Projects, & Other
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